A Lot Like Adiós (Primas of Power, #2)

by Alexis Daria

At some point they’d started holding hands, like a real couple. He didn’t know how it had happened. Maybe she’d taken his hand to pull him toward an exhibit, or he’d reached for her so as not to lose her in the crowd. But then . . . they hadn’t let go.

She laughed again, and the sound reached inside him and alleviated a weight he hadn’t even realized he’d been carrying.

This is new

Yes, she did have a problem. The sexiest man in the world was about to eat her into next Tuesday, and she was on the verge of a massive anxiety-induced laughing fit.

“A burden shared is a burden halved,”

GABE HAD FORGOTTEN how exhausting Tío Duties could be. Since it was his first time visiting Nikki’s kids at their home, they’d taken it upon themselves to be good hosts. Seven-year-old Oliver had endeavored to show Gabe every single Lego set he owned, along with a detailed commentary on the “special features” of each one, and nine-year-old Lucy had insisted they play all the outdoor games she could think of, from tag to water guns to pony rides. That would’ve been okay, except Gabe was the pony, and the kids had taken turns leaping onto his back and screaming in his ear to run faster.

“Man plans, God laughs,”

It was as Michelle had always suspected. Love was for other people. And she was meant to be alone.

You couldn’t pick your family, but you could choose how you played the cards you were dealt.

“You put your heart in an email, and I put mine in a cardboard tube.”